The city is a public concept, but a privately !owned reality. !!• Energy!• Water!• Tax!• Waste management!• Policing!• Transport!
What if the solution to the cities problems is!an economic conundrum?!
What if the solution to the cities problems is!too expensive?!
What if there is noone to glue it all together?!!• Budget cuts!• No in-house expertise!• Too many possible solutions!• Fear of vendor lock-in!• Too much politics!
Sometimes, no matter what the tech, it’s the!service delivery that makes a difference.!
For cities, connecting things doesn’t help!solve people problems.!
2. Local and global connectivity.!
Services around the world.!
Behaviours around the world.!
3. It takes a long time to adopt new product !categories and the price has to be right.!
Those products may not however help them!much.!
And the company knows exactly !what is going on.!
4. Seamless connectivity is an illusion.!
Designing ways for a product to fail gracefully!is an important challenge.!
5. Educating consumers and being transparent.!
How can you get involved?!!• Experiment around global / local connectivity !& services!!• Work around farming, elder care, air quality & !climate change / city solutions.!
How can you get involved?!!• Work with SMEs on small pilots.!!• Work locally, plan globally.!
• Develop in-house capabilities to cater to small!hyperlocal applications that may scale.!